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developerWorks: SSL Secures VNC Applications

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 27, 2007

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“Want to view a desktop remotely, with more convenience than
proprietary solutions and security advantages over ssh tunnelling?
Here’s a good way to do it, and it’s a technique we haven’t seen
described before.

“The idea is to use SSL to provide security for a simple VNC
viewer embedded in a Web page. This means that essentially any
Java-capable Web browser can view and interact with the remote
desktop; this makes for a powerful solution to a typical
situations, including telecollaboration, technical support, and
provisioning…”


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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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